Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Dhoni

New Delhi, Aug 4: Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award to Mahendra Singh Dhoni. India's One-day and Twenty20 cricket skipper is second after Sachin tendulker to get the country's highest sporting honour. Tendulkar won the award in 1997-98.

A committee chaired by former sprinter Milkha Singh on Monday, Aug 4 met to discuss the nominees and they decided to confer the award on Dhoni for leading India to the Twenty20 World Cup triumph, which was followed by a tri-series victory in Australia. Sources in the Sports Ministry, however, informed that an official announcement would follow only after August 20.